Foursquare is fast becoming a popular social networking site with more than 700,000 “check-ins” each day. As networks like Foursquare gain popularity with users, we all start asking ourselves how we as businesses and brands can capitalize. Well, here’s a start.
If you don’t have a Profile on Foursquare, start one. Every business who is looking [...]
Because part of what we do involves discovering the hottest new social sites – and we believe in sharing the wealth - we’re introducing you to the joys of Foodspotting today.
Foodspotting, if you haven’t heard about it, is the latest social media craze for foodies and travelers. Basically, users upload photos of food from various [...]
Well, it’s official. Twitter has rolled out its newest advertising model – promoted trending topics. This morning, upon logging in, you might notice the Toy Story 3 trending topic with a “promoted” label beside it. Yes, Disney purchased the first promoted Tweet – go figure.
We’ve become accustomed to promoted Tweets, since Twitter rolled them out [...]
The worldwide web never sleeps. A full-on insomniac, our favorite technological wonder is always awake, always buzzing, always selling something to someone.
So what does this mean for marketers? Well, it means we can’t live by a Monday through Friday, 9-5 schedule anymore, at least not when it comes to our web efforts. Weekends, holidays and [...]
So this week, our very own Drew Barbee introduced me to a fabulous masterpiece, also known as the Muppets YouTube channel. Videos of these world famous puppets earned two Webbys this year, and WOW, did they ever deserve ‘em.
What’s so special about some videos of Kermit, Animal, Grover and all the other characters we’ve seen [...]
Just 5 years ago today, the first video was uploaded to the brand-spankin’ new site known as YouTube, according to Mashable.com. While the site actually launched in February, the first upload happened on April 23, and it was the beginning of a new world order when it comes to video sharing.
Isn’t it astonishing, it’s only [...]
Log into your Yelp account yesterday, and you may have noticed some unexpected changes – one of which includes the ability to connect with your Facebook friends. Facebook and Yelp, joining forces? Say what?
And Yelp isn’t the only site seeing this new feature – Facebook has also chosen Pandora.com and MicrosoftDocs.com as their “select partner [...]
“The days of relying on one source for information are over,” said Jodi Kahn, executive vice president of iVillage, in a statement. “Online peer-to-peer advice on message boards has increasingly become one of the most valuable sources for product recommendations. Marketers cannot afford to overlook this captive audience.”
In a study released by Blogher and iVillage [...]
Yesterday saw the introduction of some major changes to the Facebook we know and love … again. Seems change is inevitable, especially when it comes to the world’s most popular social site!
These new changes may be a little confusing at first, so let us lay some of the details out for you:
1. For Fan Pages, [...]
Change is inevitable, especially when it comes to online social networks. The latest platform to undergo some major changes? Ning. The growing social media site just announced that it’s discontinuing its free services – and laying off close to half of its staff.
Ning has been growing in popularity over the past year, but obviously this [...]
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